The Kingdom of Israel, also called the northern kingdom, emerged when the Israelite tribes in the north broke away from the House of David after the death of Solomon, leaving Judah and Jerusalem as a separate southern kingdom. Its main capital was Samaria, founded by King Omri, whose dynasty dealt with neighboring powers such as Aram-Damascus and Assyria. It was a richer and more populous state than Judah, and archaeology has confirmed its power in the ninth and eighth centuries BCE. The kingdom was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and many of its people were deported, which is the origin of the tradition of the ten lost tribes. Historians still debate how united the Israelite monarchy had been before the split.
Before and after
- 11th century BCEThe Bantu expansion begins
- 1st millennium BCEOrigins of Kabul
- from c. 996 BCE to 586 BCEConstruction of Solomon's Temple
- from c. 945 BCE to 715 BCETwenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 930 BCE to 720 BCEKingdom of Israel
- from c. 930 BCE to 586 BCEKingdom of Judah
- from c. 911 BCE to 609 BCENeo-Assyrian Empire
- 10th century BCEFounding of Arezzo
- from c. 860s BCE to 590s BCEUrartu
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